carillon
英 ['k?r?lj?n; -l?n; k?'r?lj?n]
美['k?r?'lɑn]
- n. 鐘琴；鐘樂；鐘樂器
- n. (Carillon)人名；(法)卡里永
GRE
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carillon：cari－carry，llon－聯(lián)。架子上carry著聯(lián)在一起的大大小小的鐘（大家都見過編鐘的樣子吧）——編鐘，鐘琴。
中文詞源
carillon 大鐘
本義為四，詞源同cadre, four, quarter, 指四件套一組的編鐘。-on, 大詞后綴。
英文詞源
- carillon
- carillon: see quarter
- carillon (n.)
- 1775, from French carillon, which, according to French sources, is from Old French carignon "set of four bells," an alteration of quarregon, from Vulgar Latin *quadrinionem, from Latin quaternionem "set of four," from quater "four times," from PIE *kwetrus, from root *kwetwer- "four" (see four).
雙語例句
- 1. The note produced by a carillon depends on the length of the bar that is hit.
- 鐘琴奏出的音調(diào)取決于受敲擊的那塊金屬片的長度。
來自辭典例句
- 2. To play a carillon.
- 演奏排鐘(或鐘琴)
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